Improvement in pumps



T. B. G OULDING.

Improvement in Pumps. v N0. 4,668. Patented May 9,1871

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THOMAS B. GOULDING, OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.

Letters Patent No. 114,668, dated my 9, 1871. l

I IMPROVEMENT IN PUMPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making o! thesame.

T all whom it y nected with it by flanges and screws, or in any suita-Be it known that I, THOMAS B. GOULDING, of the bio manner.

city of Columbus, county of Muscogee and State of Within the barrel ofthe pump I construct a piston Georgia,have inventedanew andusefnlImprovement of proper size, and filling the inner diameterof thein Pumps; and I do hereby declare the following to same, as seen at I).

be a full, clear, and exact description of the construc- 1 A projection,b, is formed upon the lower end of saidtion and operation of the same,reference being had to piston, containing a slot thattwill admit thelevers a,

b the annexed drawing making apart and parcel of this held within thesameby means of a pin or bolt.

myspeeification. To said-levers are attached other levers, a" a, the Thefigures on sheet 2 show the form and construelatter being pivoted to theformer, as shown'in the tion of the same in way preferred by me; whiledrawing, and also to the frame-work K Figures 1 and 2 of sheet 1 showmodifications in A cross-bolt, it, passes through the projection 11, tothe construction of some of the parts of the pump; which are attachedthe rods E E, fig. 2, which rods exbut inall the figures and 'in theoperation of the pump, tend upward above the-air-chambe'r, and areconnected constructed in either of the ways shown, the same there bymeans of a rod, d, upon which a yoke is principle is irivolved. formedsurrounding the water-pipe or conductor D.

The nature and object of my invention is to con- Said rods are operatedby means of the lever H and structa pump in such a manner as to haveimparted stand or pedestalG, as seen in fig. 1. teit thegreatest-strength and chea'pness, and to make The movement of these rodsupward or downward the same. as simple as possible and possessing greatis steadied,by means of the yoke surrounding the PO V water-pipe D.

lts several novel features consist in construction of O is a tubeinserted in the top of the air-chamber,

a piston, to whioha-valve is attached, operated by and projects below itto such distance as not to come means of rods attached -to a cross-bar,the latter of into contact with the upper stationarylvalve b', as

which is secured to a projecting arm that is attached seen in figQl.

to the piston; and also-in combining with such pump The lower valve 1)"isadjusted to theniovable piston i all a mber nponlthe upper portionthereof, into I) in manner shown, and when the pump is in operation 1which air-chamber is inserted a hollow tube or rod, and the water forcedabovefl'the upper valve of the" through which the water isforced to thetop of the pump, the air, in the chamber aids in expelling the well;-also, in the construction of guides on the external water through thepipe D, which said' pipe is screwed portion of the pump to admit rodsthat are attached to into or in any convenient way attached to the tube0. the piston cross-bar in any convenient manner, to pre- The water-lineis intended to be represented atzx, fig. 1, ventany vibration of thepiston when operated, and prcbut the pump can be operated if entirelysubmerged. serve a certain vertical movement of thepiston; also, inFigure 3 shows a difierent form of construction. and the constructionand arrangement of a fixed valve in arrangement of the operative partsof this pump, the the upper portion of the pump, whichvalve opensprinciple, however, being the same in each. into the air-chamber aboveit, so that the said pump Therods E E pass down on either side of thepump, contains within it a movable valve upon the piston and areconnected by means of the rod it, that passes and a fixed valve at theopposite and upper end of the through the projection b attached to thecross-head; pump, andby their construction, and the submerging and atright angles to said rod his a 'bar,,.e, passing of the pump in thewater of the well, doing away with through the same projection 11, towhich are attached the necessity of anypackin'g whatever other than therods i i that pass upward through flanges formed thatcaused by thewater-itself; upon the body of thepump-and through slots n'n out Toenable others skilled in the art to make and use in the same.

my said invention, I will proceed to describe the con- The pump restsupon and is-secured to the circular struction and operation of the same.flange o 0 that may rest upon the bottom of the well,

1,'sheet 1, represents the pump, that may beor attached inany suitablemanner to a wooden founpartially or wholly submerged in the water of thewell dation placed within the well, at its bottom, below the at'itsbottom. pump; p

In'this figure the pump is, secured to a frame-work, The rods E E, .fig.3, project upward, and 'a yoke is K K' formed thereon surrounding thepipe D above the tube Av represents 'in each figure of the drawing thebar- 0, and there uniting in one rod, E, that projects above rel of thepump, and the well, and is operated by means of a lever or other B anair-chamber immediately above it and consuitable device, similar to thatshown in fig. 1.

several partseasily duplicated when worn or injured;-

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1-..Tl1e combination and arrangement of the rod E with the rods E E, rod1t, and piston b, in the-manner and for the purpose herein described.

2. The piston I), having its vertical movement controlled and regulatedby meansof the cross-bar c, rods it, and flanges i 1'', in the mannerand for the purpose herein described.

movable piston-valve b" and fixed valve b'", for the purposes herein setforth.

4. The construction and operation of a pump, in the manner and for thepurpose herein described.

Witnesses: THOMAS B. GOULDING.

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a 3. In combination with the foregoing elements, the I

